Pineapple Lumps

Name: Pineapple Lumps
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: New Zealand
Ingredients: 2 tins crushed pineapple, well drained; 2 cups caster sugar; 1/4 cup glucose syrup; 4 tbsp butter; 1 tsp pineapple essence; 200g dark chocolate; 1 tbsp coconut oil

A New Zealand confectionery classic — pineapple-flavoured chewy candy coated in dark chocolate. Cooking the pineapple syrup to a precise hard candy stage at 120°C is what gives these lumps their distinctive chew, rather than a soft, sticky texture that won't hold its shape.

Total time

50 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

New Zealand

vegetarian

Ingredients

2 tinscrushed pineapple, well drained

2 cupscaster sugar

1/4 cupglucose syrup

4 tbspbutter

1 tsppineapple essence

200gdark chocolate

1 tbspcoconut oil

Instructions

Cook pineapple, sugar, glucose and butter over medium heat, stirring, until thick candy stage (120°C).

Stir in pineapple essence.

Pour into a lined tray. Cool completely. Cut into small squares.

Melt chocolate with coconut oil.

Dip each square in chocolate. Set on baking paper.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

824

Protein

4.1g

Fat

36.2g

Carbs

124.8g

Fiber

5.6g

Sodium

13mg

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